we could always try a very strict method. two or three deadpan warnings, then punishment. if you follow the rules and apolagize and make ammends when you screw up, you're good to go. if you become a whining 'martyr' you end up getting fully banninated.

daftbeaker wrote:But if I stop bugging you I'll have to go back to arguing with Qwerty about whether beauty is truth and precisely what we both mean by 'purple'

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